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Articles on university student enrollment and retention:

#1
Title:
PREDICTING THE RETENTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
Authors:
Murtaugh, Paul A.
Burns, Leslie D.
Schuster, Jill
Source:
Research in Higher Education; Jun99, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p355-371, 17p, 3 charts, 6 graphs
Document Type:
Article
Company/Entity:
OREGON State University
Abstract:
Survival analysis was used to model the retention of 8,867 undergraduate students at Oregon State
University between 1991 and 1996. Attrition was found to increase with age, and decrease with increasing
high school GPA and first-quarter GPA. Non-residents had higher attrition rates than did resident and
international students, and students taking the Freshman Orientation Course appeared to be at reduced risk
of dropping out. Statistically significant associations of retention with ethnicity/race and college at first
enrollment were also noted. A proportional hazards regression model was developed to predict a student's
probability of leaving school based on these demographic and academic variables. These analyses are
helping to guide the university's efforts to improve retention through marketing, recruitment, and the
development of orientation and other programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ISSN:
03610365
Database:
Academic Search Premier

#2
Title:
Increasing Retention by Helping Students Manage Financial Issues at Clarion University.
Authors:
Bylaska, Paul
Source:
Recruitment & Retention in Higher Education; Jul2008, Vol. 22 Issue 7, p1-3, 3p
Document Type:
Article

Company/Entity:
CLARION University of Pennsylvania
NAICS/Industry Codes:
611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Abstract:
 The article discusses the results of a research regarding the impact of financial issues on student's retention
at Clarion University in Pennsylvania. According to the author, it seems that students are more easily
distracted from academic and social issues by finances, considering the college experience from the
student's perspective. He found out that not just enrollment but also tuition and bad-debt expenses of
Clarion University was directly affected by the problems of financially challenged students. Moreover, the
author added that students with financial problems could succeed with a little help from the institution's
service programs.
ISSN:
0891012X
Database:
Academic Search Premier

#3
Title:
Come and stay a while: does financial aid effect retention conditioned on enrollment at a large public
university?
Authors:
Singell Jr., Larry D.1 lsingell@uoregon.edu
Source:
Economics of Education Review; Oct2004, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p459-471, 13p
Document Type:
Article
Author-Supplied Keywords:
Financial aid
Retention
Abstract:
Few studies examine whether financial aid affects college retention. This paper uses University of Oregon
data to examine financial aid’s affect on retention net of uniquely detailed enrollee attributes and
conditioned on unobserved enrollee attributes identified by jointly modeling retention and enrollment. The
results show that need- and merit-based aid significantly increase retention, but that these effects are biased
by selection and vary with need and ability. This analysis is supplemented using survey data on non-
retainees that indicate the decision to drop out depends significantly on financial aid. Overall, the findings
suggest that increasing reliance on unsubsidized and merit-based aid by government and universities has
lowered the relative graduation rates of needy students. [Copyright 2004 Elsevier]

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Author Affiliations:
1
Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97405, USA
ISSN:
02727757
DOI:
10.1016/j.econedurev.2003.10.006
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Academic Search Premier

#4
Title: A Simplified Approach to Monitoring and Reporting Student Transitions With a
 Focus on Retention and Graduation Rates
Personal Author: Glynn, Joseph G.; Miller, Thomas E.
Journal Name: College and University
Source: College and University v. 78 no. 1 (Summer 2002) p. 17-23
Publication Year: 2002
Abstract: A student tracking model will be presented for the purpose of monitoring and
reporting student transitions through the educational experience. The model will be
developed and illustrated by means of an example following a mythical class of 500
freshmen and 380 transfer students from matriculation to attrition or graduation. This
work is dedicated to the specification of a user-friendly system designed to provide
useful reports that enhance and extend decision-making capabilities of
college/university enrollment management teams. The model will process students
who persist (without interruption) from freshman year to graduation, students who
drop out and later return, students who drop out and never return, transfer students,
and students who fall behind their original class either because of a dropout
intervention or failure to complete an average of 15 credits per semester. The
uniqueness of the model is represented in its simple approach to defining student
cohorts, and its focus upon activities over a sequence of semesters rather than
concentrating on freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior class labels. Reprinted by
permission of the publisher.
Subject(s): Enrollment management; Enrollment/Colleges and universities; Holding
power/Colleges and universities; Graduates/Colleges and universities
Peer Reviewed Journal:

Physical Description: Graph; Table

ISSN: 0010-0889
Language of Document: English
Document Type: Feature Article
Database: Education